Hi all --
My name is Jason Brooks and I work with Red Hat's Open Source Program
Office. Paul Frields asked me to look into migrating Fedora Magazine
to a WordPress instance on OSPO's WP Engine account.
I've set up an instance at
https://fedoramag.wpengine.com and would
appreciate your feedback. You can reach the wp console via
https://fedoramag.wpengine.com/wp-admin.
Paul asked me about the schedule for WP Engine wordpress updates.
Their update process is outlined at
https://wpengine.com/support/wordpress-updates/, but the TLDR is that
when a new Wordpress version is released, WP Engine tests the update
and then pushes it out automatically, typically within a few weeks.
They send out a notification of the pending updates, and you can opt
to defer these updates, or to apply them more earlier. If a security
update is released, they push it out right away, and without the
option to defer. We host a few other sites on WPEngine, and the
updates process has been smooth.
WPEngine does not update plugins automatically, although they just
began a beta of a service that does handle this. I haven't tested that
service yet.
Let me know if you have any questions or feedback.
Regards, Jason